Alan East-Jones wrote:
> In 1914, the secretary of the US Navy, Admiral Josephus 'Joe' Daniels
> abolished the officers' wine mess. From that time on the strongest (and
> apparently therefore the drink of choice) on board navy ships was coffee. It
> was dubbed 'a cup of Joe' after the secretary.
Not to burst your bubble, but Snopes says, "It's a charming theory, but it
just doesn't hold up." and "There are two stronger theories for how "coffee"
came to be "joe," but neither is verifiable." Not that Snopes is infallible.
<http://www.snopes.com/language/eponyms/cupofjoe.asp>
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Kent McLean
'56 100 BN2
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